Deuteronomy 19:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:9 : 9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
  • Deut 21:5 : 5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 23:2-3 : 2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses; 3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:18-19
    2 verses
    82%

    18And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

    19Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Deut 25:1
    80%

    1If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

    16If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

  • Deut 17:6-10
    5 verses
    79%

    6On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.

    7The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

    8If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

    9And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

  • 2 Chr 19:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

    7So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

    8Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • Isa 3:13
    74%

    13The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • Deut 21:5
    74%

    5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

  • Exod 22:8-9
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    73%

    8If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.

    9In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

  • Deut 1:16-17
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    73%

    16And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

  • Exod 18:16
    71%

    16And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

  • Deut 16:18-20
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    18You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

    19You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

    20Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

  • Mic 6:2
    70%

    2Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.

  • Matt 18:16
    70%

    16But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

  • 1 Sam 12:7
    70%

    7Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

  • Exod 21:1
    70%

    1Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

  • Lev 19:15
    69%

    15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    69%

    19Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    69%

    31If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • Num 35:24
    69%

    24Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

  • Ps 17:2
    69%

    2Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

  • Deut 21:2
    69%

    2Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

  • Ps 7:8
    69%

    8The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • John 8:17
    69%

    17Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

  • Prov 18:17
    69%

    17The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

  • Jer 7:5
    69%

    5For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • Exod 18:13
    69%

    13Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

  • Jer 18:19
    69%

    19Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.

  • Hos 12:2
    69%

    2Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

  • Mal 2:17
    68%

    17You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

  • Acts 19:38-39
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    68%

    38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

    39But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Jer 17:19
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    19This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

  • 1 Cor 6:6
    68%

    6But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    68%

    22If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house: